UHC

The Campaign for OSU

Just a few minutes ago, Oregon State  University publicly announced its first ever comprehensive capital campaign: The Campaign for OSU. The goal: $625 million. Raised to date: $350 million.

At 4.03pm, the Corvallis Gazette Times published the first news coverage of the campaign. Keep up with other news coverage and blog coverage via Google.

Learn more about the Campaign, the fundraising priorities including the UHC (which is part of OSU Central Initiatives) and how to give. When you're ready, you can make a gift online.

Image is reprinted without permission from campaignforosu.org

Going public

The OSU Foundation recently issued a press release to recognize a $1.7 commitment made by Patrick and Vicki Stone to Oregon State University. Buried in the press release was this statement:

OSU and the foundation will officially launch the university’s first-ever, campus-wide campaign on Oct. 26. Guided by OSU's strategic plan, The Campaign for OSU aims to raise private funds to support the university’s education and research to benefit students, Oregon and the world.

It will be interesting how much attention this gets before the campaign officially goes public. A Google search for The Campaign for OSU currently turns up a handful of references: this press release, an event listing at osualum.com, and several brief articles at bizjournals.com like this one.

If you are curious, here is how OSU is being positioned in the "about" copy that is currently running at the end of OSU Foundation press releases (again, from the published press release above):

About Oregon State University: OSU is one of only two U.S. universities designated a land grant, sea grant, space grant and sun grant institution. OSU is also Oregon’s largest public research university, garnering more than 60 percent of the total federal and private research funding in the Oregon University System. Its more than 19,000 students come from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. OSU programs touch every county within Oregon, and its faculty teach and conduct research on issues of national and global importance.